Meta to release commercial AI model in effort to catch rivals

Meta released its own language model to researchers and academics earlier this year, but the new version will be more widely available and customisable by companies

Meta is poised to release a commercial version of its artificial intelligence model, allowing start-ups and businesses to build custom software on top of the technology.

The move will allow Meta to compete with Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Google, which are surging ahead in the race to develop generative AI. The software, which can create text, images and code, is powered by large language models (LLMs) that are trained on huge amounts of data and require vast computing power.